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Outrage at Emory (press release)
(Written by members of the Student Re-visioning Committee) For Immediate Release On September 14, Atlanta’s Emory University announced devastating cuts to many of its flagship programs. These cuts,...
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Press release: Emory Protests Yield Negotiations
Written by the SRC FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE On Tuesday, a coalition of students, faculty, and staff staged a massive walkout on the Emory University campus and successfully occupied the University’s...
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Acrimony and lockdown
Emory’s official news organ and some of the news media are calling last night’s meeting a failure, or accusing students of avoiding “real dialogue.” Here’s what I saw: 7 students and 3 professors...
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Notes from Negotiations with Wagner, Forman, and Hauk 12/7
Here is the full text of the notes taken by the SRC Team during their negotiations with President James Wagner, Dean Robin Forman, and VP Gary Hauk on December 7, 2012. You can find a PDF of the...
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Vital upcoming events
Emory students are setting the agenda once more, with characteristic passion and creativity. These two events next week promise to be far more inspiring than anything that comes out of the PR machine....
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Surprise SCLC protest draws media attention
The Black Student Alliance, Black Star, Change@Emory, the SRC, and faculty supporters staged a silent protest at the lavish launch party for And the Struggle Continues: The Southern Christian...
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Protest smashes “blandly conservative” reputation
When I came to teach at this campus—with its reputation as blandly conservative bordering on apathetic—the last thing I expected was to witness protestors rallying in the quad and staging sit-ins in...
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Things to do before tomorrow
Sign the petition: Emory President James Wagner: Resign. (And let everyone know our problems aren’t about one man.) Make a banner or something for the Rally Against Racism (tomorrow, 6 p.m.), organized...
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Rally Against Racism forges connections
Anger, a desire for communication, and some tentative optimism were in store tonight, as students, faculty members, and administrators (Dean Forman and VP Gary Hauk mingled with the crowd) gathered for...
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Navyug’s speech on the racialization of the cuts
Here is the text of Navyug’s speech on behalf of the SRC at the Rally Against Racism last night. There is a problem here at Emory. What brought all of us together today is what appears to be only the...
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Symposium: Presentations still welcome
We’ve extended our call for proposals to next Monday, March 25. Whether you’re a student, a faculty member, or a non-Emory-affiliated ally, a humanist or a scientist, please share your work and your...
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Grab a No Confidence shirt tomorrow
The SRC will be giving away these striking t-shirts tomorrow (April 10) on Asbury Circle from noon to 12:30. Donations are appreciated to cover printing costs. Since Essence of Emory is over, we can’t...
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Tressie’s RVE speech and reflections
Tressie McMillan Cottom has published her talk from the Re-Visioning symposium on her blog, along with afterthoughts. You wouldn’t have known from listening, but much of her talk was edited at the last...
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David Mullins: Complexity pedagogy must define the university
David Mullins, an undergraduate student of comparative literature and one of the SRC’s most visible representatives, has sent us the text of his presentation at the symposium. “Complexity Pedagogy Must...
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#WagnerForum: Many metaphors, few verbs
Highlights from Wagner's talk on race & social justice: "makeup" "Boston" "Gryffindor." No mention of cuts or contract workers. #WagnerForum— Laura Emiko Soltis (@lesoltis) April 18, 2013 “When...
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Setting up camp
Two years ago today, Emory ordered the arrest of seven students for peacefully protesting in tents on the quad. The charges have yet to be dropped. In honor of that anniversary, and to remind everyone...
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